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Jerusalem Cloakroom #153PASSOVER REFLECTIONS by Yoram Ettinger Pesach 5764 / April 5, 2004 How many afflictions has the Oslo/Wye/RoadMap Process (represented by the PA) piled upon us? If Israel would have only snatched PLO terrorists from the jaws of oblivion in terror camps in Iraq, Yemen, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon and Tunisia, and had not imported them to the cradle of Jewish history,
If Israel would’ve imported PLO terrorists to the cradle of Jewish history, and had not equipped them with weaponry,
If Israel would’ve provided PLO/PA terrorists with weaponry, but had not tolerated the manufacturing and smuggling of missiles, mortars and explosives,
If Israel would’ve tolerated the manufacturing and smuggling of missiles, mortars and explosives, and had not tolerated the Hate-Education in PA schools, mosques and media,
If Israel would’ve tolerated the PA-controlled Hate-Education, and had not tolerated the weekly incitement - by PA clergies - at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount,
If Israel would’ve tolerated the weekly incitement - by PA clergies – at the Al Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, and had not tolerated the resulting terrorism in Gaza, Judea and Samaria,
If Israel would’ve ignored Palestinian terrorism in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and had not tolerated Palestinian terrorism in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Hadera, Afula and throughout the Green Line,
If Israel would’ve tolerated Palestinian terrorism within the Green Line, and would have treated differently Palestinian terrorism in Jerusalem,
If Israel would’ve tolerated terrorism in Jerusalem, and had not tolerated the systematic and violent abrogation of all PA/PLO commitments,
If Israel would’ve tolerated the systematic and murderous violation of all commitments by the PLO/PA, and had not withdrawn militarily from ANY area until compliance with commitments would had been established,
If Israel would’ve only withdrawn militarily from Gaza (which it did already in 1993!) and from 40% of Judea&Samaria (1993-1999), and had been spared of the 1,400 persons murdered since then (70,000 in American terms = 23 Twin Towers),
If Israel would’ve suffered the loss of the equivalent of 70,000 Americans, murdered by PA-harbored/inspired Palestinian terrorists, but would have then declared a total war on PA/PLO/Hamas terrorism – with the stated goal of destroying its political, financial and ideological infrastructure,
If Israel would’ve suffered the consequences of the lethal Oslo/Wye/RoadMap fantasy, but would have then learnt from its errors,
If Israel were to retreat – AGAIN - in face of Palestinian terrorism (“unilateral withdrawal”), it would thus transform the delusion of Land-For-Peace to Land-For-Nothing, and probably to Land-For-Worse Terrorism,
However, to be realistic - with much faith and determination - no one has the moral right to be pessimistic. How can we be but optimist, when comparing the current resources at the disposal of the Jewish state (almost 6MN Jews, one of the world’s finest military and technological powers, a $100BN economy, the friendliest ever US public and Congress) to the resources available to Theodore Herzl and to David Ben Gurion, when they conceived (1900) and established (1948) the Jewish state?! |
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